Improved shoe-last



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HUGH R. BEAN, F-MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL N. ALDRICH, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 89,009, dated April 20, 1869.

IMPROVED SHOE-LAST.

The Schedule referre to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same;

To all persons to whom these presents may come Be it known that I, HUGH R. BEAN, of Marlborough, and county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe- Lasts; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of Whi'ch- Figure 1 is a bottom view;

Figure 2, a front end elevation Figure 3, aside elevation; and

Figure 4, a transverse section of a shoe-last made in accordance with my invention.

. In the drawings- A denotes the last, which is to beconstructed of metal, or cast-iron.

In carrying out my invention, I make the last with two grooves, a a, each being dovetail'ed in transverse section, extending from the heel along parallel with the opposite edges of the sole, across the toe-plate, b, and so as to open at the toe, the object of the opening of each of the grooves at the toe being to enable pieces of wood,of a dovetailed form, to be inserted and forced into the grooves, so as to till them, and also to be removed from the grooves, as' occasion may require.

At the middle of' the hollow of" the sole, and in the heel, and near the toe-plate, there may be cavities, c, made in the last, to receive plugs, d, of Wood.

The wood, thus inserted in the grooves, is toprevent the metallic-sole ofthe last from injuring the point of the awl nsed'in making the peg-holes in the sole of a shoe, when on the last.

I do not claim a last made of wood, and provided with metallic edge-guards, and with grooves arranged along and against the inner sides of suchedge-guards, such grooves being for the purpose of receiving strips of wood, or other suitable material for the points of the peg to enter, while a shoe, when on the last, may be in the act of being pegged. Such mode of constructing a last is represented in the United States patent, No. 20,228, granted May 11, A. D. 1858,.to S. S. Turner.

. In the said last of Turner, the side-grooves were not dovetailed, and they terminated at the metallic toe-plate, and did not extend across it, so as to be covered partly by it, and open at the toe, as do the grooves of my metallic last.

Nor do I claim the employment of elastic strips, of India rubber, in connection with dovetailed grooves, and with metallic plates arranged as represented iu the United .States patent, No. 39,104, granted to B. L. White and A. Nutting.

'N or do I claim an iron last made as exhibited in the United States patent, No. 50,252, viz, with a solesocket and strengthening-rib, disposed as explained in such patent.

Nor do I claim a last made with a metallic rim, forming a cavity to hold a Woodenremovable bottom, such being as shown in the United States patent, No. 59,209.

Nor do I claim a last as constructed with a detachable bottom-piece,`and in other respects as-represented in the United States patent, N o. 53,510.

l My invention or improvement relates particularly to a cast-iron, or metallic last, made with grooves, or cavities for holding Wood, or the equivalent thereof, to receive the point of the awl and points of the pegs used in pegging a shoe, when on the last.

What, therefore; I claim as my invention, is-

'lhe dovetail grooved metallic last,'as` made, with the grooves to extend across and be'covered by the metallic toe-plate, and to open through the toe of the last, in manner as set forth.

- HUGH R. BEAN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

